Luka Modric receives a hug from Vini Jr. seconds after he pinned her on the corner of Marchesín. Photo: AP Photo / Lalo R. Villar.
The real Madrid this Saturday showed his excellent state of grace after his overwhelming victory against Celtic 4-1 in Vigo, on the second day of La Liga, despite the recent departure of the Brazilian midfielder Casemiro to Manchester United.
The ‘white’ club took the lead through the French Karim Benzema penalty (14), which ended up being countered by another of Iago Aspas (23), also from the maximum penalty.
When it looked like Real Madrid were in pain, the Croatian appeared Luca Modric with a splendid right-footed shot that puts the madridisti back in the lead (42) just before the break.
After the break, the students of the Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti they crouched behind the forays of the vigueses and took advantage of a local error to launch an attack that allowed a goal from the Brazilian Vincius Junior (56), on the counterattack, as the player likes, in front of the Uruguayan Federico Valverde Closes the evening with the fourth goal after a perfect counterattack by the French Aurelien Tchouameni after stealing the ball.
Spectators at the Balaídos stadium stood to applaud Modric, who left the pitch in the 77th minute of the match, having been replaced by Dani Ceballos.
“It is something very special, really when the fans of the other teams recognize you, they applaud you, of course, it is something precious, I am very happy, I thank the people for it”, declared the Croatian midfielder after the final whistle.
“Excellent sensations, we played a great game, especially in the last minutes of the first and second half, on a very difficult field, against an opponent who always costs us, but today we were strong”, underlined Modric.
The ‘merengue’ entity missed a clear chance to make the small hand, but the Belgian forward Danger of Eden still messed up The Argentine goalkeeper Agostino Marchesino He avoided further misfortune in front of his fans by saving a Hazard penalty that Benzema almost materialized after the rebound to get a brace.
Faced with the imposing madridista superiority, the rival team also pressed in the area of the Marchesín goalkeeper, thanks to the calm that gave the huge advantage on the scoreboard. The Madridista opportunities have not ceased to occur.
“With every mistake we made, they annihilated us. It already happened to us last season at the Bernabéu when we were winning 1-2, when we came back after two mistakes. It is a team that does not need to feel that they are dominating the game and whenever the mess comes“Aspas said at the end of the meeting.
Tchouaméni also played a great game in midfield, forgetting Casemiro’s departure to Manchester for a transfer of 70 million euros (70.2 million dollars) and 11 million euros (11.04 million dollars)
The Monegasque Frenchman joined the Madrid squad from Monaco also for a similar amount, 80 million euros (80.3 million euros).
With this victory, Real Madrid lead the Liga together with Betis and Osasuna. Both Betis and Pamplona teams won their respective matches this Saturday against Mallorca (12th) and Cadiz (18th).
Betis prevailed on the Balearic field thanks to a brace from a penalty by Borja Iglesias (9.73), despite Kosovan Vedat Muriqui putting his cards on the table to one (56) in the match.
Osasuna easily beat Cadiz thanks to goals from the Argentine Ezequiel ‘Chimy’ Avila (37) and Kike García (79), both from penalties.
The Atletico Madrid (5th) will receive Villarreal (6th) on Sunday, in a duel in which both will play to follow in Real Madrid’s footsteps.
For their part, Barcelona (10th) will travel to San Sebastián to face Real Sociedad (7th) with the aim of reaching the top three points in the league.
Source: AFP
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